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I've read some of the other comments about this film, and there seem to be 2 types of review, those written by people who appreciated the warmth and humanity of this wonderful film, and those written by prudish conservatives. If there's anything in this film which people find shocking, then they must be living very sheltered lives. This film does feature sex and drugs prominently, but it's not gratuitous, this is simply what young people seem to be most interested in.

This film is lovingly constructed, with great acting, it's well written and directed, and the handheld camerawork is great. Overall, this film is great, but not one for anyone offended by teenagers endulging in their interests.

I was drawn to this film by it's bizarre title, and I wasn't disappointed. It's basically a collection of satirical sketches with a lot of clips of Richard Pryors at his very best, for some reason doing stand up comedy to the camera on a basketball court. It's arranged into topics which were important in America at the time of it's release, such as war, drugs, national pride (or lack thereof), police brutality, feminism and others. Some more narrow minded individuals may find this film to be intensely irritating nonsense, but I thoroughly enjoyed it, and found it to be at times hilarious, at others, poignant, but always weird.